BAN THE USE OF ANIMALS IN IRISH CIRCUSES

Animals from circuses in Ireland have been abandoned, let loose on public roads, and have been rented out for late-night hotel parties. We ask you to consider the life of a circus animal: chained, caged, forced to live in cramped and totally unsuitable housing, and hauled from town to town in a “beast wagon”? Regardless of the number of generations that wild animals have been in captivity, captive-born wild animals do not lose the instincts and needs of wild animals. They retain their natural instincts to socialize and to roam freely. Circuses deny captive-born wild animals of their need to exhibit their natural behaviors.Our concern is the disparity between the conditions imposed on wild animals by circus life and the environment that these animals need for their emotional and physical well-being. Life in the wild cannot be replicated on the back of transportation trucks or at circus sites around the country.

This petition will be delivered to:

Minister of arts, heritage and the Gaelteacht.Heather humphreys Minister

leader of Fianna FailMicheal Martin TD

ministers officeDept of Arts, Heritage and Gaelteacht.

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Leader of Fianna Fail PartyMicheal Martin TD.

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of IrelandEnda Kenny TD

Letter to

Minister of arts, heritage and the Gaelteacht.Heather humphreys Minister

leader of Fianna FailMicheal Martin TD

ministers officeDept of Arts, Heritage and Gaelteacht.

Leader of Fianna Fail PartyMicheal Martin TD.

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of IrelandEnda Kenny TD

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Irish Minister of Agriculture, Mr.Simon Coveney.

----------------Ban the use of Animals in Circuses in Ireland.

We ask you to consider the life of a circus animal: chained, caged, forced to live in cramped and totally unsuitable housing, and hauled from town to town in a “beast wagon”? Regardless of the number of generations that wild animals have been in captivity, captive-born wild animals do not lose the instincts and needs of wild animals. They retain their natural instincts to socialize and to roam freely. Circuses deny captive-born wild animals of their need to exhibit their natural behaviors.Our concern is the disparity between the conditions imposed on wild animals by circus life and the environment that these animals need for their emotional and physical well-being. Life in the wild cannot be replicated on the back of transportation trucks or at circus sites around the country.----------------Enda kenny taoiseachSincerely,